Nation: Slumping to a New Low Abroad

They never liked him anyhow. From the moment Jimmy Carter took office,
Europeans and many other non-Americans were deeply suspicious of his
moralistic preachments and skeptical of his political wisdom. With a
combination of fascination and dismay, they read his shifting
pronouncements on energy, human rights and monetary policy. They were
disturbed by his folksy style, his reliance on a rather young and
unworldly circle of advisers from back home, and his insistence on
pushing his family to the foreground. Rosalynn's role in White House...